Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tipula truncata (female)
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 27-05-2023 16:49
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
Hello, In the south of France on May 24, 2023. Body length 20 mm. Laa 20 mm. I think it's a Tipula. Can you confirm and can we get to the species? Thank you for your advice. Liliane D attached the following image:  [184.94Kb] Edited by Liliane D on 28-05-2023 11:00 |
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 27-05-2023 16:49
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
The back
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 27-05-2023 16:50
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
Wing venation and white patterns
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 27-05-2023 17:22
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
I reckon it's Tipula fascipennis... https://www.natur...ascipennis |
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 27-05-2023 18:06
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
Thanks a lot Roger, I looked at the link you give and I read "white band that extends across the full width of the wing" but here the white band doesn't go the full width. I've read that very short ovipositors are also found on Tipula truncata and mellea. Could it be T. truncata like here https://alciphron.habiprot.org.rs/listing-147190-tipula-truncata? I could only find this illustration. And I haven't found an illustration of T. mellea. |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 28-05-2023 00:07
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Hi Liliane, I reckon I reckoned wrong [not unusual for me  ] That does look a lot like the T.truncata from your link...https://alciphron...&rbr=2 Edited by Roger Thomason on 28-05-2023 00:08 |
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 28-05-2023 11:00
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
But it's thanks to the link you gave that I was able to look I found the 1924 Faune de France by C. Pierre: https://faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/PIERRE(FdeFr08)Dipt.Tipulidae.pdf It says that the thorax has dark banded lines, an abdomen with brown dorsal and costal bands and the prestigmata lunula covering the discoidal. Photo illustrations are limited to the link I gave, but C. Pierre's description seems to match. |
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